2008 CSSIS Web 2.0 Challenge
July 21 to August 18, 2008
Are you interested in learning about applications like weblogs, wikis, and Second Life, but don’t have a lot of time? Take CS-SIS’s Web 2.0 Challenge!
About the Web 2.0 Challenge
The Web 2.0 Challenge — a free, comprehensive, and interactive online course — will use hands-on exercises to introduce law librarians to many kinds of social technologies in just five weeks. The course will take only 1-3 hours per week.
The Web 2.0 Challenge will take place between July 21 and August 18, immediately following the AALL Annual Meeting. The course will focus on:
- Week 1: Blogs & RSS
- Week 2: Wikis
- Week 3: Social Networking and Second Life
- Week 4: Flickr & Social Bookmarking
- Week 5: Next Steps: Web 2.0 @ Your Library
Weekly activities will include an instructional screencast and hands-on exercises. Participants will be expected to blog about their experiences and discuss the technologies in a weekly small group chat session. At the end of the course, participants will develop proposals for implementing a specific Web 2.0 tool in their libraries. See the syllabus for more information.
Enrolled participants who complete all weekly activities will be eligible for weekly prize drawings, as well as a grand prize - an iPod Touch. Certificates will also be awarded to all participants who complete the course. All prizes are provided by CS-SIS.
Registration
Although enrollment in the course is now full, anyone may follow along with the course as a guest. Most of the course content will be available to you. To access the course, go to http://www.cssis.org/Web20Challenge/login/ and select “Login as guest”.
Questions?
Contact Deborah Ginsberg, Meg Kribble, Bonnie Shucha
CS-SIS Web 2.0 Challenge Co-chairs